INDIA PAKISTAN BORDER

India alleged that despite calls for restraint, the Pakistani military committed 27 ceasefire violations between November 16 and 21 by resorting to calibre escalation and employing artillery and heavy mortars.

Bullet proof vehicles were pressed into service overnight to evacuate over 400 people rattled by the sound of Pakistani mortar bombing and firing in border hamlets. Border dwellers in Bobiya and adjoining hamlets in Hiranagar sector in Kathua district have been experiencing sleepless nights due to the intensified shelling and firing by Pakistani Rangers on October-20 and 21.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said that the India-Pakistan border will be sealed completely by December 2018. "The Home Ministry has decided to completely seal the India-Pakistan border by December 2018. This will be monitored," Singh said after holding a meeting on security of border areas. "We will start a new concept called Border Security Grid. Inputs from all border states will be taken," he added.

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal paid a visit to the India-Nepal border check post at Kanchanbhoj to review the progress being made on the construction of a four-lane flyover across the Sharda river, which connects the two countries.